Palace of Heavenly Purity
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- Ming dynasty imperial bedroom, later used for receiving foreign envoys.
The Palace of Heavenly Purity was the emperor's bedroom during the Ming Dynasty. Fourteen Ming emperors slept here, surrounded by 27 beds — a security measure so assassins could never know which bed the emperor occupied. During the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yongzheng moved the imperial bedroom elsewhere and converted this palace into an audience hall for receiving foreign envoys. Above the throne hangs a famous plaque reading Upright and Bright, behind which Qing emperors hid the name of their chosen successor.
Image: Ermell (CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)